The troubled Edenmoor development in Indian Land has been in the news regularly for the last few months.

Many of the stories have been long and complicated because the issues surrounding the stalled development are complex, involving the county’s Forfeited Land Commission, developers, financiers, tax and bond sales and pending contracts. And much of what has taken place has been behind closed doors, making it even more difficult to make sense of what’s going on.

Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancasternews.com
Lancaster County School District student performance on the 2011 ACT college-entrance exam remained the same overall this year as last, while student performance at individual high schools varied.
Produced by the American College Testing program, the curriculum-based test is intended to assess college-bound high school students’ academic skills and ability to complete college-level work.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
A man walks inside a convenience store calm and collected, but quickly reveals himself as an armed robber in search of money from the cash register.
The situation is frantic, especially for the clerk, who’s suddenly met with a gun in her face.
She screams, the robber fires a gunshot in the air and flees the store on foot.
Luckily, authorities track the assailant, surround him and detain him soon after the incident. Nobody was injured during the episode.

Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancsternews.com
Lancaster County School District officials have rerouted morning and afternoon traffic at Indian Land Elementary School following the discovery of a sinkhole under a parking lot behind the school.
The hole is in the northwest corner of the parking lot under a service road that circles around the west side of the school from Doby’s Bridge Road. The road is heavily used by parents of second- through fifth-graders for student drop offs and pickups.

From PAPD Release
Advocates for a disabled Lancaster woman have filed a lawsuit against the S.C. Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) in U.S. District Court on Aug. 15.
Advocates say cuts in services will force the 32-year-old woman to leave her home and enter an institution.
Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities Inc. is asking the federal court to stop SCDHHS from reducing the plaintiff’s Medicaid personal care hours from 60 to 28 hours a week.